A fine fallback to make up for a missed
part of the Divine Office when youre tired or ill. This is essentially
the form used by the Irish Legion of
Mary with the Fátima Prayer added and translations from
the Book of Common Prayer and Anglo-Catholic
practice. For the Rosary for the Dead click here.

IN the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Ghost. R. Amen.

OME, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of
thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of thy love.

V. Send forth thy Spirit and they shall be
created.R. And thou shalt renew the face of
the earth.

GOD, who by the light of
the Holy Ghost didst instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that in the
same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through
Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost.R. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever
shall be : world without end. Amen.

BELIEVE in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jesus Christ his only Son our
Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the
Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and
buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead: He
ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. R.I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy
Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints: The
Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting.
Amen.

UR Father, who
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, in
earth as it is in heaven.R. Give us this day
our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil.
Amen.

AIL, Mary, full of
grace, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.R. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Say the Hail Mary thrice.

Glory be.

Announce the appropriate first Mystery, Our
Father, Hail Mary 10 times (once per bead) while meditating on that Mystery,
Glory be.

The Fátima prayer: O my
Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to
heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy.

JOYFUL: Annunciation, Visitation of Our Lady to
St Elisabeth, Nativity of Christ, Presentation of the Child Jesus in the
Temple, Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple.

SORROWFUL: Agony in the Garden, Scourging at
the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Jesus Carries the Cross, Crucifixion.

GLORIOUS: Resurrection, Ascension, Descent of
the Holy Spirit, Assumption and Crowning of Our Lady in Glory in Heaven.

Traditionally you pray the
Joyful Mysteries on Mondays and Thursdays, the Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesdays
and Fridays, and the Glorious Mysteries on Wednesdays, Saturdays and
Sundays.

In 2002 the Pope added
another set of mysteries that may be prayed on Thursdays, changing
Saturdays set to another round of the Joyful ones.

LUMINOUS: Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, the
Wedding at Cana, Jesus Proclaims the Kingdom, the Transfiguration and the
Institution of the Eucharist.

At the end:

Salve,
regina.AIL, holy
Queen.R. Mother of mercy, our life, our
sweetness and our hope, all hail. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of
Eve! To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of
tears! Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and
after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O
clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.R.That we may be made worthy of the promises of
Christ.

GOD, whose only begotten
Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, hath purchased for us the rewards of
eternal life, grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of
the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they
contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

V. May the divine assistance remain always
with us.R. And may
the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.

The Rosary for the Dead:Substitute Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord:
R. And let light perpetual shine upon
them for the Glory be (just like in
the Office of
the Dead) and the De profundis,
Psalm
130, for Hail, holy Queen.

About the Rosary in general:The Rosary is a
practical substitute for the Divine Office/Hours, a sort of laymans
breviary well suited for those who cannot read as was true of many in the
Middle Ages. The 150 Hail Marys mimic the 150 psalms.
St Dominic is said to
have introduced it to the Roman Catholic
Church.

The Revd S.C. Hughson, Order of the Holy Cross
(Anglican), wrote in 1918:

Almost any encyclopædia will inform the reader that
the use of beads in prayer is far older than Christianity itself and belongs to
almost every race which has any highly developed system of prayer.

It will be a surprise to many, no doubt, to
know that our common English word bead is derived from the Saxon word
bid, to pray, the derivation arising from the fact that our ancestors
made common use of perforated pebbles, or beads, upon which to count their
prayers. It will be news even to most Catholics to
learn that instead of their Rosaries being spoken of as beads because of
a resemblance to the common ornament of the name, the ornament takes its name
from the Rosary.

The version broadcast on Vatican Radio follows the
Legion of Mary practice of saying the prayers to the Holy Ghost and the opening
versicles taken from the Divine Office and omits the Apostles Creed and
opening Our Father, three Hail Marys and Glory be; the latter prayers are how
most people begin.